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thioguanosine

thioguanosine noun: the compound 2-amino-6-mercapto-9-(b-D-ribofuranosyl)purine formally derived from guanosine by replacing the guanine by thioguanine.

Noun

thioguanosine (uncountable)

  1. The compound 2-amino-6-mercapto-9-(b-D-ribofuranosyl)purine formally derived from guanosine by replacing the guanine by thioguanine
    • Several drug classes which are listed top on the list include topoisomerase inhibitors (camptothecin, ellipticine, doxorubicin, etoposide, thioguanine, thioguanosine), multiple histone deacetylase inhibitors (trichostatin A, vorinostat, 5162773, 5186223), PARP inhibitors (1,5-isoquinolinediol...2016 March 4, “PI-3K Inhibitors Preferentially Target CD15+ Cancer Stem Cell Population in SHH Driven Medulloblastoma”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of thioguanosine

From thio- + guanosine.

Questions about thioguanosine

What does thioguanosine mean?
Thioguanosine means the compound 2-amino-6-mercapto-9-(b-D-ribofuranosyl)purine formally derived from guanosine by replacing the guanine by thioguanine.
What part of speech is thioguanosine?
Thioguanosine is a noun.

Words near thioguanosine in the dictionary

  1. thioglycosides
  2. thioglycosylation
  3. thioglycosylations
  4. thioguanine
  5. thioguanines
  6. thioguanosine
  7. thiohemiacetal
  8. thiohemiacetals
  9. thiohemiaminal
  10. thiohemiaminals
  11. thiohemiketal

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